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Moral

Preface

Mission and Vision

Managing People -- How to Begin

Strategy

Managing People II

Service

Leadership and Values

Financial Management

Project Management

Assemble the Components

Assembly is easier and faster than creating from scratch

The Conservation of Typing

Don't forget that computing is about taking work out of the system!

The End of Coding

Feature freeze, or the point at which all required features has been added to the system, is the mid-point of the development cycle, not the end-point

Saying No Without Saying No

When "saying no" is hard to do, defer (phase it)

The Dinner Invitation

A project is a partnership is a relationship

Giving the Third to the Architect

You have to give one to the developers

Customizing to meet the need

Don't modify core code

Sorting Stories

Sorting stories about features keeps priorities visible

The Knowledge is in the Doing

50% of what you need to know is in the doing

Off the Shelf

Off the shelf beats custom code for most applications

Chunk It Down

Small is beautiful; chunk it down; phase it out (love the chunks!)

Face-to-Face

Face-to-face moves distance projects forward

Tying shoes

Sometimes the best specification is by example

Clipboards

Watching people use the technology is worth a thousand spec's

Technology Proverbs

Pragmatic, common sense isn't so common

Learning to Love the Questions

Ask what questions the system will answer

Selling the Dashboard

Start with trust in the basics before adding extra features

Double the Estimate

If project time is difficult to estimate, make it time-fixed

Pasta or Pastry?

Is it a pastry or a pasta problem?

If it's not in the new system, it doesn't exist

Lead by becoming a primary user

Measurement

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